Volume I: Chapter 71: A Familiar Visitor
Just three days after Cesare left Father István's church, another uninvited guest knocked on Father István's door.
Father István opened the door impatiently, "Coming back so soon?" You wouldn't just not go, would you? When I looked up, it wasn't Cesare, but a familiar face.
"Why aren't you dead yet?" The drunkard priest obviously knew the uninvited guest in front of him, but his words did not show much respect.
"What? Don't you want to invite me in? The visitor didn't care how messy the room was, nor did he care that the other party's words didn't mean that they were very welcome.
"Hmph, it's probably not good for you to come, I can't beat you, otherwise I will definitely drive you out." The drunkard priest stepped out of the way, turned back to the table and sat down.
The uninvited guest took off his coat, revealing his teaching clothes inside, "I just went to the church hospital, and those two of his friends are fine. ”
"It doesn't matter to me if there's anything wrong with me. I'm not worried! "The drunkard priest is obviously a little insincere." Stop talking nonsense, what the hell are you here for? We haven't seen each other in years, so I don't believe you're here to catch up. ”
"I'm here for her." The uninvited guest pointed to the girl on the bed, "Hmph, what are you going to do?" If you dare to touch this girl, the child will kill you, believe it or not? ”
"I know, I'm here to save her." The uninvited guest casually threw a low-level healing technique on the girl, and it seems that he is also a priest.
"It's not enough for you alone, if you want to save her, at least eight cardinal archbishops need to act together, just you, wait for death." The drunkard priest did not look back, and poured himself another glass of wine.
From his words, it was known that this uninvited guest turned out to be a cardinal archbishop.
In the ecclesiastical system, the pope is the spiritual symbol of the church and the actual ruler of the church, and no one can threaten the position of the pope except for the cardinal.
Although the cardinals check the pope, if the pope disobeys the cardinal's order, they will initiate the process of replacing the pope.
But on the other hand, the cardinal did not dare to change the pope easily, because the pope is the leader of the whole church, and changing the pope at will will cause the whole organization to fall apart.
The cardinal archbishops represent the backbone of the Church, all of whom are archmagicians who have been immersed in the field of magic for many years, and who also have a unique and deep understanding of the doctrine.
They are rumored to be able to resurrect the dead, and to make infidels and apostates feel the pain of hell.
Together, these people are the core of the entire church, and these ordinary poor people and even low-ranking nobles may not have the opportunity to meet each other in their lifetime.
What they could see was usually the archbishop who was in charge of receiving the congregation, and several chief bishops, who were the people who could be seen by everyone in the church in the main church of Fireemauld.
Elsewhere, each diocese will have a diocesan bishop and an aco-bishop, and each church will have a corresponding priest.
"He's got all the cardinals over, and to be honest, it's the first time I've seen him so flustered in a long time." The cardinal probed the girl's body and performed a levitation spell on the girl, preparing to take her away.
"Hey, old fellow, you can't just leave, can you? How can I explain that kid when he comes back? The drunkard priest apparently understood that he could not stop the cardinal from taking the girl away.
"You tell him to go directly to Fei Lengcui when he comes back, specifically, just ask their school's dean Ryan."
"Tut-tut, how many people have you planted around this kid......" The drunkard priest shook his head and shook his glass. Looks like 'that guy' cares a lot about him. ”
"You seem to be mistaken." The cardinal turned his head to look at the drunkard priest.
"For the Holy See, he is an indispensable link, a tool, nothing more, not to mention the affection between two people...... I can't answer for the Holy See, but I guess maybe there are some. ”
"Then why does he care so much about this girl? The two of them were born to the same mother, right? The treatment was so much worse...... "The drunkard priest tasted the wine, not knowing whether he was tasting the wine or dissatisfied with the treatment Cesare had suffered.
"Don't you think this girl looks like a person?"
"Who?" After speaking, the drunkard priest carefully looked at the girl's eyebrows, for him, people's looks are not important, and he does not spend much time in a sober state every day, so he really hasn't looked at the girl's appearance seriously and carefully for so long.
"I see, I probably get it. Alas......" The drunkard priest played another dumb riddle and did not want to continue on the subject.
"Why aren't you leaving?" The drunkard priest found the cardinal standing in the doorway and chatting with him motionless, having been talking for a long time.
"What about you?" The bishop frowned. "You're going to spend the rest of your life in this shabby alley with your bottle?"
"Why, you don't like my wine? I'll tell you, my wine here is all good, and there are a lot of them that you can't buy outside......" With that, he poured himself another glass.
"You must know that His Holiness has promised that if you are willing to return, he will give you the position of cardinal."
When the drunkard priest heard this, his whole body froze, he paused on the spot for a while, his hand slowly raised, and then fell heavily, smashing the wine bottle in his hand on the floor.
"Does he think that everyone likes power, cares about status, everything can be treated as if it never happened, and everything can be restarted?"
"You know, I don't blame him for that." The cardinal also did not know how to argue with his Holy See, "It is not fair to him that you blame him for the whole thing. ”
"Then you help me go back and ask him, is it fair for the others to encounter all this? Was all this fair to Cesare again? ”
The cardinal obviously didn't want to dwell too much on this topic, and from the conversation between the two people, it was known that this seemingly unkempt and unruly drunkard had the ability to be no weaker than other cardinals, and it seemed that he was also an old acquaintance with the Pope.
"When did you change your mind and come to Fei Leng Cui to find me."
"There won't be a time like this, get out, don't bother me."
The cardinal took the girl to the black limousine that had been at the door for a long time, and before leaving, gently closed the door.
Listening to the sound of wheels getting farther and farther away, Father Drunkard, no, a strange emotion flashed in Father István's eyes.